Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Zoya Fall Pixie Dust review

First off, these polishes were sent to me for my honest review.(If you click Zoya PixieDust anywhere in this post, it will take you to the Zoya Pixiedust page, you know, just in case you want to order some. :D)

Here we go!
I am a HUGE fan of textured polishes. Especially the Zoya PixieDusts.
Lets see how Zoya describes them.

Ok, on to my review: The final texture on all of them were just as I expected, with the exception of Carter. It was a little softer than the others. It was more of a concrete finish than sandy, but still lovely.

Formula and coverage: The formula was great on all of them was great, AGAIN, except for Carter. It was thick but workable. Chita, Sunshine, Arabella, and Dhara were all one coaters. Tomoko took 2, and Carter took 3 for full coverage which was odd because it was definitely the thickest of all of them. The second time I used it, i had to put thinner in it. I'm wondering if I got a bad bottle. I am disappointed in Carter. All the rest were exceptional. *****EDIT: I've used Carter several times since I've thinned it. The
finished texture is better (more sandlike) and the polish is a LOT easier to work with.
However, I still don't have the coverage I would like. I wanted so bad for it to be a one coater.*****

Zoya always wears exceptionally long on me. It always lasts at least 5 days (that is as long as i can stand the same mani) These were no exception. I skittled and wore them for 5 days with very minimal tip wear.

My favorite of the entire set Tomoko. It is beautiful. it's silvery, it's hard to photograph, it's wonderful.

Ok, thats my review, lets get on to some pics. Thats what you came for!!!

Carter (pre thinned, you can see it's not as sandy as the others. I should have taken a picture of it up against the others.) stamped with Konad Special White and freehanded Zoya Posh hearts

Same mani as above but topcoated. This one I was torn on, it was one of those manis that didn't turn out the way I wanted to, it wasn't BAD, but just didn't turn out how I wanted it to.

I LOVE doing different textured manis. They are so much fun! This one is Zoya Dovima and Tomoko

A skittled french. Ignore the ding, please. Stuff happens. :( My nails are in horrible shape. I went tubing and broke a couple. :(

Tomoko stamped with Sunshine and Arabella

Again, different textures. This one was one of my favorite. Gemma taped off with Arabella.

Sponged Gradient with Carter (thinned), Arabella, Dhara, and Tomoko.

Dottycure with random white, Carter (thinned), Arabella, and Dhara

I made these "Stamped decals" with Dhara and Chita. Basically I picked up the image, left it on the stamp, colored it in, topcoated over it, waited for it to dry, carefully peeled it off put it on damp polish, sealed it down with Seche Vite. I have been waiting for winter ever since I've learned this process...think of the sparkly snowmen!!!!! :D

Over all, I am really happy with the Zoya PixieDusts. Carter is a pain, but workable. The color is amazing, so I can put up with a wonky formula for a beautiful color.